Chebukati can, and should, adjourn repeat presidential election

IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati. (Photo: Courtesy)

Regulation 64 of the Elections (General) Regulations 2012 clothes Wafula Chebukati, as the Chairman of the Independent Electoral & Boundaries Commission and the Returning Officer of the presidential elections, with the power to adjourn the presidential elections.

The power to adjourn can and should be exercised as the presidential elections are clouded by legal uncertainty. They are also likely to be interrupted by riot, violence, shortage of equipment or other materials, and administrative difficulties.